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there is no us and them. in this country, there is only us. there is no latino america or black america or white america or asia and america, there is only the united states of america, all of us. [applause] all of us joined together. indivisible. if we appeal to the american people's hopes over their fears, we will get this done. we already know what this reform looks like. a few years ago, when i was a senator, we build a bipartisan coalition around a basic primer under the leadership of senator kennedy and senator mccain and president bush. wheat rallied with leaders from the business community, the later community, the religious community. many of you were there. the bill we forged was not perfect. it was not what any one person might think was optimal but because people were willing to compromise, we came up with a common-sense comprehensive reform that was so far from a false debate, the notion that somehow on the one hand there is mass deportation. that was not what we were talking about. the american people were ready to embrace a comm
there is no us and them. in this country, there is only us. there is no latino america or black america or white america or asia and america, there is only the united states of america, all of us. [applause] all of us joined together. indivisible. if we appeal to the american people's hopes over their fears, we will get this done. we already know what this reform looks like. a few years ago, when i was a senator, we build a bipartisan coalition around a basic primer under the leadership of...
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can you give us specifics? >> i think it is pretty clear that by having a spending cap at 2008 levels, we can say $100 billion per year. that is $1 trillion over the next 10 years. when it comes to dealing with the entitlement programs, i have made it pretty clear -- it is time for us as americans to have an adult conversation with each other about the serious challenges that face our country. i don't have all the solutions. i believe that if we work with the american people, the american people will want to work with us to come to grips with these challenges that face our country. it is about having that adult conversation in an honest, open the way that will help us get the answers to lay out the plan that will help solve this problem once and for all. yes, ma'am? >> legislatively, how do you plan to honor traditional marriage, life, and faith based organizations that form the core of our american values? >> if you look at house republicans over the course of the last year or the last 10 years, you will see t
can you give us specifics? >> i think it is pretty clear that by having a spending cap at 2008 levels, we can say $100 billion per year. that is $1 trillion over the next 10 years. when it comes to dealing with the entitlement programs, i have made it pretty clear -- it is time for us as americans to have an adult conversation with each other about the serious challenges that face our country. i don't have all the solutions. i believe that if we work with the american people, the american...
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jobs that go with us. others are being supported by big oil. this is a choice between a woman's choice. my opponent would turn that woman into a criminal. this is a clear choice between someone who has fault to protect our coast and the 400,000 jobs that rely on the beautiful coast. my opponent does not support the boxer feinstein legislation to protect that coast. finally, this is a choice. a choice between a candidate of wall street reform. someone that opposes that reform. frankly, acting just like a wall street ceo. destroying jobs for americans and taking it for yourself. i hope we don't go back to that. >> our time is up. >> thank you both. we all apologize for not getting to more questions. hopefully what we've talked about tonight will help people here and viewers at home make informed decisions on what they should do on election day, november 2. thank you to everyone here at st. mary's college. on behalf of ktvu television. thank you for joining us. good night. [applause] . .
jobs that go with us. others are being supported by big oil. this is a choice between a woman's choice. my opponent would turn that woman into a criminal. this is a clear choice between someone who has fault to protect our coast and the 400,000 jobs that rely on the beautiful coast. my opponent does not support the boxer feinstein legislation to protect that coast. finally, this is a choice. a choice between a candidate of wall street reform. someone that opposes that reform. frankly, acting...
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technology can help if used properly. such mechanisms include common- sense measures including digital tagging, community flagging, and a host of very important tools that could be used. my time is up. i will finish on this. we also need to weigh in on the ways that people, young children are moved around. last summer, this past summer, i convened a group of flight attendants led by american airlines which has a great program that really needs to be replicated worldwide so that the flight attendants and crews will recognize the person who is in traffic -- being trafficked, across borders or states, and take action. not in a vigilante type of white. alert the pilots so that when this individual gets off, the right law enforcement asset, can be waiting there at the gate. there were instances after instances told where it just did not look right. and the flight attendants and watched what was going on, got into a conversation, perhaps when the young lady was going to the restroom and told the pilot who told law-enforcement.
technology can help if used properly. such mechanisms include common- sense measures including digital tagging, community flagging, and a host of very important tools that could be used. my time is up. i will finish on this. we also need to weigh in on the ways that people, young children are moved around. last summer, this past summer, i convened a group of flight attendants led by american airlines which has a great program that really needs to be replicated worldwide so that the flight...
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none of us are. in the old days before we knew what we knew today, everyone recognizes that if a soldier was wounded or lost a leg or arm, there is no debate. that was a cause of war. that soldier got all the care and benefits he or she needed. the difficulty is that the world has changed significantly as a result of chemical exposure. let us not forget that when agent orange was first used, our friends said it was benign and it was not a problem. am i correct? >> to my recollection. >> i am sure the military would not have used this chemical if they had known. at the end of the gameday, a pon our own people. who is smart enough to know exactly the impact? because they were exposed to agent orange, if they combined it to a genetic predisposition. could it have led to another illness? of course it could have. who is smart enough to make a correlation? i am not. i doubt you are. it is not saying the u.s. soldier put your le on the line. we will give you the benefit of the doubt. we are going to assume
none of us are. in the old days before we knew what we knew today, everyone recognizes that if a soldier was wounded or lost a leg or arm, there is no debate. that was a cause of war. that soldier got all the care and benefits he or she needed. the difficulty is that the world has changed significantly as a result of chemical exposure. let us not forget that when agent orange was first used, our friends said it was benign and it was not a problem. am i correct? >> to my recollection....
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and first of all, i just want to thank jeff and sandy and tristan and skyelar for letting us use their backyard. so please give them a big round of applause. and since we are here, i should just say, go bulldogs. i know how to work a crowd. i want to make sure that everybody also acknowledges your outstanding governor, chet culver, who's here. the mayor of des moines, frank cownie, who is here. and state representative janet petersen is here. all of whom are doing great work, and i had a chance to work with and get to know when i spent a few months here in iowa a couple years ago. it is wonderful to be back, and i thank all of you for coming. i am not going to give a long speech on the front end here. what i really want to do is hear from you. so what i'm going to do is just speak a little bit at the front end about where i think the country is at, how we move forward. it's relevant because there is an election coming up, although i'm going to try to avoid making just a straight political speech here. when i started running for president back in 2008 -- 2007, 2008 -- the reason i was w
and first of all, i just want to thank jeff and sandy and tristan and skyelar for letting us use their backyard. so please give them a big round of applause. and since we are here, i should just say, go bulldogs. i know how to work a crowd. i want to make sure that everybody also acknowledges your outstanding governor, chet culver, who's here. the mayor of des moines, frank cownie, who is here. and state representative janet petersen is here. all of whom are doing great work, and i had a chance...
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people use them wisely. another example -- we said to state employees, you can go anywhere you want for health care. but if you choose a more expensive place without good results, you will pay more. they have now migrated to more efficient and equally high quality prices. the increases in the program have been close to zero for five years in a row. >> if you use the analogy that voters and consumers are buying a product, if they elect republicans for the house and senate this year, what are they buying? >> the most important issue facing the country for most is the economy, and their jobs. the sense that government spending is out of control. republicans can deliver an understanding that it is the entrepreneur's, inventors, dreamers, and designers and the private sector that can grow the economy. we will send messages to public policy to encourage them, and leighton their load. it will encourage them to get back into the marketplace. it will give them confidence. we will also get a party that is much more ag
people use them wisely. another example -- we said to state employees, you can go anywhere you want for health care. but if you choose a more expensive place without good results, you will pay more. they have now migrated to more efficient and equally high quality prices. the increases in the program have been close to zero for five years in a row. >> if you use the analogy that voters and consumers are buying a product, if they elect republicans for the house and senate this year, what...
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people do use that facility. there are the things today -- i just wanted to make sure that you knew what was in place in the north sea today. >> you are upset that there could not be any hydrocarbon spillage. he did not have a recovery mechanism in place. i am concerned about [inaudible] there was a presumption that to -- in some ways, it is important that we learned less than from the gulf of mexico. you start opening up a lot more and revisit some of the risks. we are talking about idifferent areas. i would urge the industry to look again and not to dismiss something because it has never happens or believe that we have -- these disasters could start to increase around the world, not decrease. >> i agree with you completely. >> either we have a technical solution or have it -- or it has not happened. >> i completely agree with you. the occurrence of seems to be more often than not these days. we are looking very carefully across the company and the local ability that we believe we have effectively mitigated brea
people do use that facility. there are the things today -- i just wanted to make sure that you knew what was in place in the north sea today. >> you are upset that there could not be any hydrocarbon spillage. he did not have a recovery mechanism in place. i am concerned about [inaudible] there was a presumption that to -- in some ways, it is important that we learned less than from the gulf of mexico. you start opening up a lot more and revisit some of the risks. we are talking about...
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use, especially in this. were there under the yet objective to eliminate the applications on the surface. #two -- can you tell us to the extent to which there may be application disbursements outside of the bounds that were described, particularly in shore environments? >> let me explain that initially we had to follow this mark protocol with the pre- authorized use of disbursements so there was active oversight from the get go including an audit midway a few weeks into a to make sure planes were flying and applying the disbursements as a program to make sure they were being applied by plane or vessel at the appropriate distance of offshore. we were monitoring very carefully throughout to make sure they follow the protocols. the sub-sea injections -- the challenge you have is that some days you can use mechanical means and other days you burn and sometimes you only have disbursements. the other elements of the protocols that were put in place for sub-sea injections included trying to continue to secure the so
use, especially in this. were there under the yet objective to eliminate the applications on the surface. #two -- can you tell us to the extent to which there may be application disbursements outside of the bounds that were described, particularly in shore environments? >> let me explain that initially we had to follow this mark protocol with the pre- authorized use of disbursements so there was active oversight from the get go including an audit midway a few weeks into a to make sure...
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, not here to lead us, and is not here to lead us. it is to protect our borders and leave us alone and let us raise our families and one hour businesses and breed good american air. it was on this day 223 years ago that our constitution was signed. what a perfect day for the value voters summit. if you'll forgive me, i just saw my friends out here that i love very much. god bless you guys did it is good to see all of you. we were worried that there would not be a crown today, but we are to capacity. god bless you, jim bob. my wife and i got back from an excursion to italy. we took a few days away and into a place of both of us of wanting to go to a. it was absolutely gorgeous. what will load about it is that it was not touristy. it was very authentic. we stayed in a village with form houses. nobody spoke english. we found ourselves with a language barrier we were trying to explain what we wanted and asked questions and do our best to get answers. the language barrier made it very difficult. the only thing that made it work was the ext
, not here to lead us, and is not here to lead us. it is to protect our borders and leave us alone and let us raise our families and one hour businesses and breed good american air. it was on this day 223 years ago that our constitution was signed. what a perfect day for the value voters summit. if you'll forgive me, i just saw my friends out here that i love very much. god bless you guys did it is good to see all of you. we were worried that there would not be a crown today, but we are to...
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that makes us unique. and the strength and character of this country has always come from our ability to recognize -- no matter who we are, no matter where we come from, no matter what we look like, no matter what abilities we have -- to recognize ourselves in each other. i was reminded of that idea the other day when i read a letter from tamerria robinson. she's a 12-year-old girl in georgia. and she told me about how hard she works and about all the community service she does with her brother. and she wrote, "i try to achieve my dreams and help others do the same." "that," she said, "is how the world should work." that's a pretty good motto. i work hard to achieve my goals and then i try to help others to achieve their goals. and i agree with tamerria. that's how the world should work. but it's only going to work that way if all of you get in good habits while you're in school. so, yes, each of us need to work hard. we all have to take responsibilities for our own education. we need to take responsibilit
that makes us unique. and the strength and character of this country has always come from our ability to recognize -- no matter who we are, no matter where we come from, no matter what we look like, no matter what abilities we have -- to recognize ourselves in each other. i was reminded of that idea the other day when i read a letter from tamerria robinson. she's a 12-year-old girl in georgia. and she told me about how hard she works and about all the community service she does with her...
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some of us voted for it, some of us didn't. some of us voted for the medicare part of the prescription drug program written by the insurance companies that was not paid for. some of those voted for it and some of us didn't. >> know, some of us didn't. >> i wasn't talking about you in particular but it did pass under republican leadership. some food for the wall street bailout. some of the money was repaid, some of it wasn't. some of us didn't vote. so we before we talk about the serious of the debt and i agree it is a serious issue, let's remember how we got there, who voted for the sum paid programs and who didn't. but mr. lew, welcome and thank you for a much for your service. senator ensign and senator alander and others are right, it is a serious problem. we have to deal with it, but it's one of many problems. among the many things, the middle class is collapsing, poverty is increasing. when president bush was president, the middle class all a $2,000 a year decline in the median family income. the issue i want to talk about
some of us voted for it, some of us didn't. some of us voted for the medicare part of the prescription drug program written by the insurance companies that was not paid for. some of those voted for it and some of us didn't. >> know, some of us didn't. >> i wasn't talking about you in particular but it did pass under republican leadership. some food for the wall street bailout. some of the money was repaid, some of it wasn't. some of us didn't vote. so we before we talk about the...
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and as one commentator put it at the time he said the use of politicalpropaganda passed from the use of the left to the use of the right. they learned how to run an organization, how to organize and make things happen. right away, after sharon in office was set up. they started raising money, they learned parliamentary procedure. of course as jam mentied many of them knew it from the young republicans. they selected a board of directors and that for this report. there were lots of internal politics of course and those continued on at the meeting is forever. and one of the things they learned was either how to avoid those or how to win your battles, things extremely important for many of the things that went on after that. they recruited 25,000 members within a number of months. obviously, simply the mechanics of organizing that and keeping track of them was substantial. they organized about 100 chapters across the country within six or eight months. again, staying in touch with them all the other things y have to to keep them going was a huge undertaki. and of course, all of this was
and as one commentator put it at the time he said the use of politicalpropaganda passed from the use of the left to the use of the right. they learned how to run an organization, how to organize and make things happen. right away, after sharon in office was set up. they started raising money, they learned parliamentary procedure. of course as jam mentied many of them knew it from the young republicans. they selected a board of directors and that for this report. there were lots of internal...
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it will strengthen us. as we are stronger, then they feel more comfortable following us. >> i look at it this way. see if it solves your concern. the bipartisan policy center, which is sponsor of this alternative budget that will come out because the presence people will not get away on time. we are. we will say, here is one for you. it is done by citizens. it will be significantly powerful that our friends will know it and it will be sufficiently powerful that the people will have to pay it for quite awhile. and i think that is what you are talking about -- the people have to debate it for quite awhile. >> i agree completely. and i wish to all the best in that because it is desperately needed. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much, senator. we always enjoy it when the senator wants to get up and talk to our speakers. i have two more questions. one, will you be available for the next conference, because i think the issue will be dead and we may be calling upon you to come back? in the ne
it will strengthen us. as we are stronger, then they feel more comfortable following us. >> i look at it this way. see if it solves your concern. the bipartisan policy center, which is sponsor of this alternative budget that will come out because the presence people will not get away on time. we are. we will say, here is one for you. it is done by citizens. it will be significantly powerful that our friends will know it and it will be sufficiently powerful that the people will have to pay...
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honoring us. thank you all for coming. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> utility to is the moment. all you get to choose is what you do when it does. >> he defends his decision with the conservative party. sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. >> coming up tonight, a transportation department forum on the dangers of driving while distracted the white house medal of honor ceremony. them president obama's a choice to head the marine corps. general james amos is questioned about do not ask, do not tell. kucinicthe vote fell short of t0 votes needed to advance legislation. here is a portion of the senate debate. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor to discuss the defense authorization bill and the don't ask, don't tell provisions included in it. let me start by making my position crystal clear. i agree with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff,dmiral mike mullen, that the d
honoring us. thank you all for coming. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> utility to is the moment. all you get to choose is what you do when it does. >> he defends his decision with the conservative party. sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. >> coming up tonight, a transportation department forum on the dangers of driving while distracted the white house medal of honor ceremony. them...
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now, what i mean by used against us. in history courses we talk about after the reaction that took place after african americans and civil war and after reconstruction, and how corporations used the 14th amendment to get their way and be protected by government regulation and blacks lost those cases through litigation. you know the cases. we finally get to browne and glory hallelujah, they decided something for us. i'm here to tell you since brown was decided and after a case decided in the early 20th century case incorporating the rest of the bill of rights into the 14th amendment has been the source of more litigation and more cases and more protection for people not that some of the issues that were involved didn't protect african-americans too, but it didn't have anything to do with black people really. in fact, the whole agenda. aclu which laura works, the entire agenda wouldn't exist -- well, you're 1st amount cases would, and cases directly against the federal government, but all the cases in the states were again
now, what i mean by used against us. in history courses we talk about after the reaction that took place after african americans and civil war and after reconstruction, and how corporations used the 14th amendment to get their way and be protected by government regulation and blacks lost those cases through litigation. you know the cases. we finally get to browne and glory hallelujah, they decided something for us. i'm here to tell you since brown was decided and after a case decided in the...